Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Television Commercial Shows The Power Of The Point

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you're the mayor, which means your magical pointing finger will decide how everybody lives their lives. You will make the important decisions, like whether to display an Easter Island statue in your town, or some kind of weird round metal ball.

The commercial makes this game look kind of weird, but I CANNOT wait for this game! We just have 2 more weeks left until it releases! I'm probably going to die of anticipation before then! I WANT THIS GAME SO BADLY!

I genuinely don't get the appeal to Animal Crossing. It's cuter than the Sims or HOME, so I get that you can enjoy the customization stuff. But it's a much, much, MUCH more boring version of Harvest Moon beyond that (let alone the excellent Rune Factory games). There's so little to do that is interesting beyond the customizing aspect...
Oh well, whatever. I'm not gonna hate; I'm just baffled. Enjoy your New Leaf game, AC-fans. But I strongly urge you to check out Natsume's Harvest Moon & Rune Factory games sometime. And, if Level 5 ever gets off their butts and stops localizing weird eShop games long enough to do it, Fantasy Life. Again, it's got the cute art & customization of Animal Crossing, coupled with ACTUAL THINGS TO DO.